Reborn for Revenge: My Mother-in-Law's Deadly Betrayal

My sister-in-law claimed she had poor hearing and couldn't hear clearly.

When I said I bought a new waterproof phone, she heard "waterproof laptop" instead.

She poured an entire cup of water onto the keyboard, causing my laptop to catch fire, the motherboard to burn out, and making me lose the product proposal I had worked on for months. I was fired from my company.

When I said I bought a facial mask, she heard "foot mask" and secretly used it on her feet while I wasn't looking.

This led to my face getting infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, completely disfiguring me.

When I confronted her about it, my mother-in-law instead turned the tables on me, claiming I had an indiscriminate private life and was trying to frame her daughter.

During the struggle, they pushed me down the stairs, causing me to miscarry.

When my husband returned, he wanted to throw them out.

Before leaving, my sister-in-law turned on the gas.

Only after reaching downstairs did she shout to my mother-in-law, "I forgot to turn off the gas! Sister-in-law told me to remember to turn it off. Hurry up and call her to turn it off!"

My mother-in-law called to remind me, but when her phone rang on the first ring, it ignited the gas, causing a gas explosion that burned my husband and me alive.

When I opened my eyes, I was back on the day my sister-in-law planned to pour water on my computer.

Chapter 1

"Sister-in-law, what did you say? Your computer is waterproof? Then I need to test it."

Perhaps because the destruction of my computer in my previous life was etched into my memory.

Before I could process what was happening, I heard this sentence and immediately threw my body forward, trying to protect my computer.

Almost at the same moment I shielded the computer, scalding hot water was already pouring onto my back.

The sensation of my skin being burned spread instantly. I screamed out in pain, and when I turned around, I saw my sister-in-law holding the water cup, a flash of disappointment in her eyes.

But it was quickly replaced by feigned panic.

Seeing me staring at her, my sister-in-law immediately said, "Sister-in-law, are you okay? Why did you suddenly rush forward? Look, you burned yourself!"

My mother-in-law, who was cooking, also heard the commotion and walked in.

Despite seeing my face contorted in agony and my back completely soaked, she pretended not to know anything and asked, "What happened? Why are you wailing like a slaughtered pig?"

The pain made everything feel more real. In this moment, I realized I had been reborn.

And reborn on the very day I had just finished my product proposal, before my sister-in-law could destroy it.

Chapter 2

Having experienced everything from my previous life, I knew clearly that my mother-in-law and sister-in-law always worked together.

Therefore, I didn't plan to explain.

But I never expected my sister-in-law to twist the truth: "Sister-in-law said she bought a new computer, so I said I'd test it. Who knew she would suddenly rush forward and knock over the water cup, burning herself?"

My mother-in-law didn't bother to check and immediately started being sarcastic: "So someone just didn't have eyes and bumped into it herself."

"I thought our Tingting had done something."

Hearing my mother-in-law's words, my sister-in-law immediately smiled and agreed: "Exactly!"

I was actually angered to laughter.

In my previous life, my mother-in-law played the blind eye, letting my sister-in-law do whatever she wanted.

When I tried to reason with her, she always blamed me instead.

Since heaven has given me the chance to live this life over again, I certainly won't indulge them anymore.

After she finished speaking, I rushed forward and slapped her several times.

"So young and already learning to be bad, you're skilled at twisting black into white."

"I said my phone was waterproof, you said my computer was waterproof, and you even wanted to pour water on it. If I hadn't protected it in time, my computer would have been destroyed!"

"If you're deaf, get your mom to buy you a hearing aid. Stop pretending to be stupid and deaf in front of me!"

Perhaps because I had slapped her silly.

My sister-in-law froze for a moment before reacting and wailed loudly.

I mimicked my mother-in-law's tone and shouted: "What are you wailing about? Sounds like a slaughtered pig!"

My mother-in-law came out and saw her daughter's face red from my slapping. She immediately started shouting.

"You heartless person, how could you hit so hard?"

"Your computer isn't even broken. What kind of sister-in-law are you? Look what you've done to Tingting!"

My momentum didn't decrease as I glared at my mother-in-law: "You're always talking about family rules. I'm her sister-in-law. A sister-in-law is like a mother. If she does something wrong, what's wrong with slapping her a few times?"

My mother-in-law was speechless with anger. She raised her hand as if to hit me.

But seeing my defiant posture, she lowered her hand again.

She whispered to my sister-in-law: "Tingting, don't cry. Mom will blow on it for you. Ignore that crazy person. When your brother comes back, I'll tell him and he'll deal with her!"

Chapter 3

In my previous life, my sister-in-law poured water on my computer, destroying the product proposal I had worked on for months.

My mother-in-law blamed me for not speaking clearly, then used my sister-in-law's poor hearing as an excuse, telling me not to be petty.

Even my husband, when he came home, smiled and tried to smooth things over, saying my sister-in-law was young and didn't know any better.

The next day I was fired from my company, and my husband again took his sister's side, persuading me not to be angry.

He said I was usually stressed from work, and being fired was just an opportunity to rest at home.

Additionally, he bought gifts to please me.

I was soft-hearted then, thinking that losing the job wasn't a big deal, as long as my husband and I had a good life together.

Who knew that after quitting my job, my sister-in-law became even more excessive.

She even stole my sleeping mask to use on her feet.

This caused my face to get infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, completely disfiguring me.

When I confronted her about it, my mother-in-law instead turned the tables on me, claiming I had an indiscriminate private life and was trying to frame her daughter.

During the struggle, they pushed me down the stairs, causing me to miscarry.

Even at that point, my husband never got angry with my mother-in-law or sister-in-law.

Just as I was thinking, the front door opened.

Seeing my husband return, my sister-in-law was the first to rush into his arms.

"Brother, look what sister-in-law did to me. I accidentally knocked over a water cup and burned her, and she beat me like this."

I secretly clenched my fists, preparing for battle.

But I saw my husband push his sister away and pantingly run to me, asking: "Wife, did your laptop get damaged?"

My heart skipped a beat.

Could it be that my husband was also reborn?

Seeing me frozen in place, my husband went to check the computer.

Seeing the computer was intact while my back was bright red from burns, he immediately went into the room to get burn ointment and apply it for me.

My mother-in-law still wanted to stir up trouble: "Yes, look at Tingting's face, it's ruined. A girl beaten like this, how can she show her face in public!"

My husband opened his mouth as if to curse, but instead said harshly: "If she can't show her face in public, then don't. She doesn't go to work or school anyway, so she's not afraid of going out and embarrassing herself."

After saying this, my husband dragged me into the bedroom.

Once in the room, he hugged me tightly: "It's wonderful, thankfully everything is still in time."

Then he asked me with red eyes: "Wife, were you also reborn?"

Chapter 4

I looked surprised and said: "What reborn? What nonsense are you talking about? Are you running a fever?"

After asking this, I reached out and touched his forehead: "You don't have a fever."

My husband frowned, looking at me with scrutiny: "You really weren't reborn? But if you weren't reborn, why is the computer still fine?"

I still had a question mark on my face: "What's wrong with the computer being fine?"

Probably seeing that I didn't show anything unusual, my husband Ye Mingbo began to tell his story.

But he didn't tell me about what I suffered in my previous life, focusing instead on him and me being burned alive.

Most importantly, he also revealed another shocking secret.

After he and I were burned to death, my mother-in-law and sister-in-law only shed a few tears in front of others, while behind the scenes, they began calculating how to take our property.

He even saw my mother-in-law confess to his sister that she was born to her and another man.

After Ye Mingbo finished telling this, he held me and cried.

"Wife, I never thought Mom would be like this."

"Now I finally understand that in this world, only you are my closest person."

Seeing his tearful appearance, I struck while the iron was hot: "Then what are we waiting for? Why not send them away now?"

But in an instant, Ye Mingbo immediately regained his senses.

"No, you forgot what I said? It was because we wanted to drive them away that this happened in our previous life."

"So to catch the culprits red-handed, besides taking safety precautions, we also need enough evidence to make her accept her fate convincingly."

I admitted he made sense, so I asked: "What do you plan to do?"

Ye Mingbo squinted his eyes: "Qingming Festival (Tomb Sweeping Day) is coming soon. I'll say we're going back to our hometown to pay respects to Dad, and we'll go back together and figure something out then."

Chapter 5

Since he said so, I naturally agreed.

That night, neither of us mentioned this matter again.

Fortunately, my burn wasn't serious and didn't affect me going to work the next day.

I no longer lost my job like in my previous life because I couldn't submit my proposal. Instead, because my proposal was excellent, I was appreciated by my boss and successfully promoted.

I didn't tell Ye Mingbo about this.

I thought Ye Mingbo would be bothered by the fact that his mother and sister had caused our deaths.

But after work, Ye Mingbo acted as if nothing had happened, sitting with them for dinner.

As for me, I used the excuse that my burn was still uncomfortable, took yogurt and fruit into the room.

After eating, I took out a facial mask and began applying it in front of Ye Mingbo.

Seeing my actions, Ye Mingbo's expression changed.

Then he leaned close to me and told me about how I had been disfigured by Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in my previous life.

He also mentioned how his mother and sister had framed me for having an indiscriminate private life. After hearing this, he not only chose to believe me but also scolded his mother.

Finally, he couldn't help but sigh: "Although I always stood by your side, I was still careless back then, leading to your conflict with Mom and them, and in a moment of carelessness, you fell and we lost our baby."

Indeed, when people tell their own stories, they always avoid the important and dwell on the trivial, saying things that benefit themselves.

Ye Mingbo was no exception.

In reality, he wasn't as he described—standing by my side. Instead, after hearing his mother slander me, he really thought I had an indiscriminate private life, which was why I had been infected.

It was only after I went to the hospital for examination and proved I was indeed infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa that he believed me.

So when I heard Ye Mingbo becoming more and more outrageous, my heart grew colder and colder.

After Ye Mingbo finished speaking, he looked at me with deep affection.

"Wife, calculating the days, the baby we lost would have been conceived these past few days. In our previous life, we failed to protect him. In this life, I swear..."

As he spoke, he leaned in to kiss me.

I quickly pushed his face away: "Don't. You already mentioned the danger. I don't want to take that risk."

"Husband, I don't want to get pregnant before this matter is resolved."

Without any more suspicion, I just said "good."

Chapter 6

For the next two days, the mother-daughter pair was indeed much quieter.

But I never let my guard down.

By the third day, my sister-in-law started causing trouble again.

She took my sleeping mask while I wasn't looking.

Then without even washing her feet, she directly scooped some mask cream with her hands and smeared it on her feet.

After her dirty blue fingernails scraped off some mask cream, she simply used the bottle to scrape it back.

Just when she thought everything was done perfectly, my husband suddenly appeared and shouted at his sister: "Ye Ting! What are you doing!"

My sister-in-law was startled, and the mask cream in her hands immediately fell to the floor.

After reacting, she said: "I'm doing a foot mask! Sister-in-law said this was a foot mask, so I'm trying it."

Ye Mingbo said: "Foot mask? Are you sure?"

My sister-in-law nodded vigorously: "Of course, I'm sure. Sister-in-law told me this herself."

I knew it was my time to appear, so I opened the door and said: "Who told you I said this was a foot mask? I said facial mask is facial mask."

My mother-in-law heard the commotion and also interjected: "Alright, alright, it's just a bottle of mask cream. What's the big deal if she used it?"

"Siyao, you know your sister has had poor hearing since birth, why didn't you explain clearly to her?"

Just like in my previous life.

As long as my sister-in-law used poor hearing as an excuse, no matter what wrong things she did, it would always be blamed on me.

At this moment, Ye Mingbo went into his mother's room, came out, and dragged his sister, shouting: "Alright, alright, stop arguing!"

"Come out with me for a bit."

I didn't know if Ye Mingbo was going out to deal with his sister.

Anyway, my mother-in-law saw this scene, gave me a glare, and muttered: "Shit-stirrer."

In my previous life, when she said this, I just pretended not to hear. But not anymore.

Seeing her turn to walk to the kitchen, I directly grabbed her: "Mom, who are you calling a shit-stirrer? Me?"

My mother-in-law didn't expect me to do this, her face paled and she said: "I wasn't talking about you."

I smiled: "Not talking about me? Then you must be talking about your daughter or yourself? I have to say, you really are a shit-stirrer."

After saying this, I directly went into the room.

My mother-in-law reacted, pounded on the door and shouted: "Jiang Siyao, come out here! Who are you calling a shit-stirrer?"

"Come out here!"

However, no matter how much she shouted, I ignored her, put on headphones, and started watching TV series.

My mother-in-law caused a commotion for a while before stopping, but just as I took off my headphones, I heard my mother-in-law's wailing from outside the door.

"What do you mean you took out all the money? Just to... to buy a hearing aid for your sister?"

"You heartless person, that was sixty thousand, a full sixty thousand! It's all gone?"

I said this had nothing to do with me, after all, this money was taken out by her son and spent by her daughter.

Chapter 7

This matter made my mother-in-law so angry she couldn't eat for three days.

On the fourth day, Ye Mingbo coaxed her with supplements and sweet talk, finally placating her.

Of course, what Ye Mingbo told me was that he had to placate his mother because today they were going back to our hometown.

It did have an effect. Although my mother-in-law still had a stern face, she got into the car with my sister-in-law.

While they were busy tidying up the house, I wasn't idle either. I put some sunflower seeds in my pocket and started chatting with the village elders.

I said my mother-in-law had a daughter late in life, which was extremely rare, and that she had even dug into her coffin money to buy a hearing aid for her daughter.

The village elders of my mother-in-law's age all still had the mindset of favoring sons over daughters.

When they heard that my mother-in-law had dug into her coffin money to buy a hearing aid for her daughter, they couldn't help shaking their heads.

Seeing them pass the story around, I knew my chatting hadn't been in vain.

I hadn't been doing this for long before I saw results.

The next day I saw my mother-in-law talking with a middle-aged man, hiding under a bridge in front of their home.

The man was spittle-flying, looking very angry.

"I said, Guifen, how could you be so confused? I know you dote on our daughter, but spending all your money on this money-losing good-for-nothing, how is that worth it?"

"Besides, this money-losing good-for-nothing can be married off for a bride price in two more years. She's about to be married off, so spending this money isn't worth it."

As he spoke, the man pulled my mother-in-law's hand and continued: "Guifen, listen to me. This money must be squeezed out of your son's hands, otherwise what will you do when you're old? Can you rely on your son and daughter-in-law?"

My mother-in-law was persuaded, her eyes turning red as she wiped her tears and nodded: "Old Li Tou, you're right. My son is completely unreliable, and my daughter is a money-losing good-for-nothing who will be married off. It's not worth it to give her more money. I must get this money back."

"You wait, I'll go talk to my son about this."

Seeing my mother-in-law finish her private conversation with her old lover and start hugging and embracing, I felt disgusted and didn't want to record anymore.

After saving it, I quietly walked back, pretending I knew nothing.

But I knew the good show was about to begin.

Chapter 8

Seeing me return, Ye Mingbo asked: "Wife, where did you go? Where's Mom?"

Before I could tell him, my mother-in-law had already walked into the courtyard.

Seeing Ye Mingbo, she immediately burst into tears, rolling and crying at his feet.

"Your father died early, it's not easy for an old woman like me to live to this age. I worked so hard to raise you, married you a wife, and you go and squander all my money."

"This was what your father left me before he died to support me in my old age."

"I know you think I'm selfish, but I did this to avoid burdening you in my old age. How can you make me live like this!"

Besides saying these things, my mother-in-law also told with snot and tears about the grievances and disdain she suffered while raising children alone over the years. By the end, even Ye Mingbo's eyes were red.

He helped his mother up, sniffed and said: "Mom, don't say any more. I know all this. I admit I didn't do well enough, making you feel insecure."

After that, he looked at me, pulled me into the bedroom.

Then with a thud, he knelt in front of me and said submissively: "Wife, how about we give Mom those tens of thousands of dollars back?"

I admit things developing to this point was unexpected.

Ye Mingbo was originally from a rural background, his father died early, and it took us several years after graduation to save enough for a down payment on a small second-hand three-bedroom apartment without an elevator.

Now that we had just caught our breath and saved some money planning for a child, he wanted to give that money to his mother?

I tentatively asked: "Didn't you say before that you wanted to prepare for pregnancy and have a child? If this money goes to Mom..."

"Also, didn't you say that in your previous life..."

I left my sentence unfinished, but he couldn't possibly not understand my meaning.

He avoided my gaze, frowning and saying: "You don't want to have a child at this time either. We can have the child later."

"I know about what happened in our previous life, but that was the previous life. You saw what Mom said earlier. No matter what, I'm still her son."

"Most importantly, the one who killed us was Ye Ting, not our Mom."

I nodded.

Since he had made his decision, I should make my own.

I wouldn't have a child with him, nor would I have a future with him.

So I said: "Fine, then it's up to you."

Anyway, the tens of thousands he saved weren't mine.

Seeing I agreed, Ye Mingbo immediately hugged me and kissed me: "My wife is the best."

Chapter 9

After getting the money as she wished, my mother-in-law was beaming with joy.

That afternoon she got together with that Old Li Tou.

Because I was hiding in a good spot, this time I finally saw Old Li Tou's face clearly.

A man who looked to be in his forties, dark and swarthy, at least ten-plus years younger than my mother-in-law.

Although he was ugly, just being young and sweet-talking was enough to mesmerize my mother-in-law.

Before long, Old Li Tou coaxed and deceived, taking the sixty thousand from my mother-in-law, claiming it would be safer with him.

Besides that, he also wanted to push his luck.

"Guifen, you know my son just got into a key high school this year and needs to study in the city, which means renting a place costs money."

"It's not that I'm stingy, I just think if we save this money for our retirement, wouldn't it be more cost-effective?"

"Besides, your son is an ungrateful wolf. He marries a wife and forgets his mother, disobedient. Look how obedient Xiao Jun is. He'll definitely be closer to you than your own son in the future."

My mother-in-law was already completely mesmerized, nodding repeatedly: "You're right. Leave this matter to me. I'll definitely handle the housing issue properly."

After they finished speaking, they started hugging and embracing again.

After finishing the video, I slipped away again.

Of course, Ye Mingbo knew nothing about these matters from beginning to end.

Until Qingming Festival, just after Ye Mingbo and I left the house, I saw Old Li Tou walking toward my mother-in-law's home.

I guessed what was happening and urged Ye Mingbo to hurry up and finish the tomb-sweeping.

Sure enough, after returning home, the door was tightly closed. Ye Mingbo knocked for a while before my mother-in-law opened the door with disheveled clothes.

Ye Mingbo's eyes turned red with anger as he questioned his mother: "Mom, tell me, how do you explain this?"

"How can you do this? Are you worthy of Dad?"

My mother-in-law was also frightened and quickly said: "Mingbo, listen to me, we didn't do anything. We were just watching TV at home."

Ye Mingbo laughed angrily: "Watching TV? Watching TV with the door locked in broad daylight?"

"To tell you the truth, I already know about everything. And precisely because you're my mother, I don't want to make things too ugly."

"I can pretend I don't know anything, but Ye Ting is already grown up. Since she doesn't want to study, she should go out and work."

My mother-in-law immediately said: "No, Tingting is still young. What if she meets bad people if she goes out to work?"

Ye Mingbo gave his final ultimatum: "Meeting bad people is her business. Besides, she's not even your own flesh and blood, born to you and another man."

My mother-in-law froze for a moment, then burst into loud tears: "Look at the good son I raised. You're making excuses because you don't want to support this old woman, framing me. Are you trying to drive me to death?"

"Fine, since you won't let me live, I'll die in front of you right now. I'll hang myself in front of you!"

Chapter 10

I just stood by and watched as my mother-in-law put on her show at home.

Ye Mingbo, on the other hand, was quite angered by his mother's performance.

He lowered his voice and growled: "If you want the whole village to know, then keep shouting. It would also be a good opportunity for everyone to see whether you're really just watching TV as a man and woman alone behind locked doors."

My mother-in-law immediately stopped crying and stared at Ye Mingbo with hatred, choking back tears: "Then what do you want to do?"

Ye Mingbo glanced at her and sighed: "It's simple. As long as you cut off contact with Old Li Tou and let Tingting go out to work, we'll consider this matter settled. Siyao and I will still recognize you as our mother and support you in your old age."

After saying this, he turned to look at me: "Siyao, do you think this will work?"

I put on an indifferent expression: "Whether it works or not is up to you to decide. After all, this is your mother."

Ye Mingbo nodded and said with a choked voice: "Wife, I knew you were the best."

"It's my Ye family who wronged you. Don't worry, I will definitely treat you twice as well in the future."

My mother-in-law's eyes also rolled around at this moment, adding: "Yes, I will also dote on this good daughter-in-law of yours more in the future."

"But even if I let Tingting work, she has to work in the city. I've raised her for eighteen years, she should contribute something to this family."

"Don't worry, when I take her back to the city this time, I'll have her find a job and live in a dormitory,按时给家里上交家用 every month."

Hearing this, Ye Mingbo held my hand with joy in his eyes: "See, Mom is still on our side."

Yes, your mother is still on your side, then just you wait and see.

The plan to send my mother-in-law and sister-in-law back to the countryside thus fell through.

Our family got into the car and returned to the city in a grand procession.

But this time I learned my lesson. While my mother-in-law wasn't paying attention, I installed pinhole cameras in the house, and also installed a gas leak alarm in the kitchen.

But even so, I didn't dare to live in this house anymore.

On the same day I installed the surveillance, I proposed going back to my parents' home and secretly moved out to live elsewhere.

It was also this camera that let me know the ins and outs of my mother-in-law's plan from my previous life.

It turned out that the person who had always tried to kill Ye Mingbo and me with gas was never my sister-in-law, but my dear mother-in-law.

I don't know where my mother-in-law learned this method, teaching my sister-in-law to turn on the gas, even demonstrating how to do it.

For example, when they went out, they didn't turn off the gas. When enough time had passed for the gas to fully diffuse, they would pretend to have forgotten to turn it off and have her call family members in front of the community residents.

This way, not only did they have an alibi, but they could also cause an accident.

Listening to this, I broke out in a cold sweat.

Is this really something a fifty-plus-year-old woman could think of?

Chapter 11

My mother-in-law spoke with enthusiasm, but my sister-in-law was timid.

She said she was afraid, that if someone really died, she would go to jail.

But what did my mother-in-law say?

She said: "You child, you're my own flesh and blood. How could I harm you?"

"You're not eighteen years old according to your ID card date. Even if discovered, you won't be sentenced."

"Besides, you're not committing murder, just making a phone call. And it might not even explode, just starting a fire to scare them. If something really happens, it's fine—the police can't investigate."

My sister-in-law asked again: "Mom, my brother is also at home late at night. Are you not even concerned about my brother?"

My mother-in-law spat: "What use is he? A good-for-nothing thing, completely disobedient, listens only to that bitch."

"It's you who's good. Don't worry, my things are all left for you. I'll rely on you in the future."

After seeing this, even through the screen, I didn't dare to breathe heavily, afraid they would hear me.

Then I saved the video as evidence.

But my sister-in-law was willful and couldn't hold her patience.

After learning that her mother's favorite child was her, not Ye Mingbo, when I returned home, she couldn't help but boast to me:

"I'm telling you, even if I go out to work, it's fine. After all, some people forget their mother after getting a wife and will soon be abandoned by my mom."

"My mom can even abandon my brother, let alone you? In the future, I'll be her only treasure."

"Do you know why I hate you? Blame yourself for spending money extravagantly, having a good family background and education. Most importantly, my brother is so good to you. Originally my brother doted on me, but since marrying you, he not only gets angry with me but also hits me!"

I directly slapped her: "It's not just your brother who hits you, I hit you too."

"You open your eyes wide and see if you're really your mother's only treasure."

I played the video of my mother-in-law talking with Old Li Tou under the bridge for her to see.

When she saw her mother calling her a money-losing good-for-nothing and that she was the illegitimate child of her mother and another man, she completely broke down.

Especially when her mother said she would marry her off for a bride price, her face was filled with disbelief.

"How is this possible? My mom clearly dotes on me most. She always says I'm her little cotton-padded jacket, that raising a daughter is better than raising a son..."

"You must be deceiving me. This is fake, isn't it?"

I smiled: "Then continue to deceive yourself. Think about it—your mother lets you quit school so easily. Which parent who loves their child loves them this way?"

"Let me tell you another thing. Actually, the fact that you're an illegitimate child, your brother knows too. Otherwise, why has he been so fierce and cold to her recently?"

"You're no longer the sister he likes. Rather than being used as a chess piece by your mother to be exchanged for bride price money, it's better to go back to school while there's still a turning path, study hard, and take a college entrance exam..."

Before I could finish, my sister-in-law pushed me away hard and ran out crying.

Chapter 12

My sister-in-law left, leaving only me at home.

A sense of loss washed over me.

Could it be that my attempt to drive a wedge between them failed?

Just as I was thinking this, my phone suddenly vibrated.

After answering, Ye Mingbo said breathlessly and urgently: "Siyao, something happened to Mom! Hurry down here!"

Without thinking much, hearing him say this, I immediately agreed, hung up the phone, and rushed downstairs.

When I got downstairs, I discovered my mother-in-law somehow lying on the ground unconscious, covered in blood from head to face.

As for my sister-in-law, her face was deathly pale, standing nearby trembling.

Seeing me come down, Ye Mingbo said to me: "Mom accidentally fell down the stairs. Hurry and help me lift her. I'll take Mom to the hospital."

Actually, I wanted to say call an ambulance first. In this situation, professional medical personnel should be invited to take my mother-in-law away, not handling her randomly.

But thinking this was my mother-in-law, I immediately went forward and, following his instructions, dragged my mother-in-law, who was like a pile of mud after fainting, onto his back.

Then I helped support her back and rushed with him to the nearest hospital.

After a day and night of rescue by the doctors, my mother-in-law finally was out of danger, but the doctor told Ye Mingbo that her spine was broken from falling down the stairs, and there was a high possibility she would be bedridden for the rest of her life.

Hearing this, Ye Mingbo covered his face and cried, while only my sister-in-law's eyes darted around, staring at the unconscious mother-in-law with an extremely terrified expression.

Seeing me staring at her with scrutinizing eyes, my sister-in-law turned and ran.

I was quick and grabbed her directly.

"Why are you running? What are you afraid of? Did your mom really fall accidentally?"

My sister-in-law didn't speak, just stared at me with eyes full of hatred.

I continued: "You really won't tell the truth? Fine, if you won't say, that's okay. When your mom wakes up, she'll tell your brother the truth."

Ye Mingbo also realized something and shouted loudly as well.

Forced into a corner, my sister-in-law could only tremble and tell the truth.

Just as I had guessed, my mother-in-law was indeed pushed down the stairs by her.

This time, Ye Mingbo didn't soften his heart and directly dragged her, wanting to take her to the police station.

"Murdering your own mother at such a young age. Just wait, I'll definitely make you rot in jail!"

My sister-in-law cried in fear, kneeling on the ground and begging him: "Brother, please don't. I know I was wrong. Brother, I don't want to go to jail. I really didn't mean to..."

Ye Mingbo said coldly with the truth: "Brother? Don't call me brother. A bastard child, I feel disgusted just hearing it."

Hearing this, my sister-in-law completely gave up resisting, letting Ye Mingbo drag her away.

Chapter 13

After waking up, my mother-in-law cried and confirmed that what my sister-in-law said was true.

Finally, holding Ye Mingbo's hand, she choked back tears: "It's good to have a son. A son is reliable. Where's that little bitch who wanted my life..."

Ye Mingbo's eyes also turned red as he solemnly promised: "Mom, don't worry. I won't abandon you. I will take care of you for life."

"Mom, I'm a bit tight on cash right now and can't even gather enough for the hospital fees. Where did you put that sixty thousand I gave you?"

Hearing this, my mother-in-law's face immediately became somewhat unnatural, but she quickly said: "You don't know where I keep my money. You figure out how to cover it first. I'll find it for you after I'm discharged from the hospital."

"Don't worry, I can only rely on you. Who else would I leave that money to if not you?"

Seeing that this drama should end, I prepared to take out the divorce agreement I had prepared and divorce Ye Mingbo.

But unexpectedly, he left the room because of a phone call.

With no choice, I could only stand in the hallway and wait for him to finish his call.

But just when Ye Mingbo wasn't paying attention, a middle-aged woman suddenly rushed into the hospital room and wildly slapped my mother-in-law, who was lying in bed.

Besides this, she also cursed my mother-in-law, calling her shameless and an old third party.

And I also learned from that woman's curses that this woman was Old Li Tou's original wife. They had indeed divorced before, but had reconciled in recent years.

So now, as a wife, beating and cursing my mother-in-law seemed quite reasonable.

The beating and cursing soon attracted everyone's attention, and with my mother-in-law's wails, Ye Mingbo immediately rushed over.

After driving the woman away with the threat of calling the police, my mother-in-law had completely lost face.

Quite a few people still stood at the hospital room door, endlessly discussing.

It was nothing more than "so old and still being someone's third party," "shameless even in old age," and so on.

My mother-in-law felt her face burning, and Ye Mingbo also felt his face burning.

Only when he saw me come in did he stand up and hug me, crying: "Wife, why is it that even after being reborn, I still make my life so miserable?"

"Did I do something wrong somewhere?"

I slowly pushed him away and handed the divorce agreement to him.

"You didn't do anything wrong. The fault is mine. The fault is that I shouldn't have married you."

"Ye Mingbo, let's divorce."

Chapter 14

Ye Mingbo was stunned by my words.

He froze for a moment, then grabbed my arm: "Divorce? Why?"

"Wife, what about me dissatisfies you? I can change, can't I?"

"You also know I was reborn for you. For you not to be hurt, for you and I to walk the path of happiness together..."

I shook off his hand and said calmly: "No, you being reborn is your fortune, but you weren't reborn for me, nor to prevent me from being hurt. You were reborn for yourself."

"Let me ask you, in either this life or the previous one, what have you done that truly considered me? Before, you played the peacemaker and muddled through, and now it's all for your own benefit. Your father died early, and you're too dependent on your mother. A man who hasn't been weaned shouldn't marry and have children—it would be ridiculous."

"To put it bluntly, you're a mama's boy, a man who outsources his filial piety. So, Ye Mingbo, let me go."

Ye Mingbo grabbed the divorce agreement and tore it to shreds: "I don't agree. Jiang Siyao, I finally see it clearly. You want to divorce now because you see I'm poor. You look down on the poor and curry favor with the rich, don't you?"

I laughed out loud, only feeling the man before me was both pathetic and hateful.

"I look down on the poor and curry favor with the rich? It sounds as if when I married you, I expected you to be wealthy. What? Were you a multi-millionaire, billionaire before, and now you've fallen on hard times?"

Faced with my questioning, Ye Mingbo was suddenly speechless. After sniffing, he said: "I'm sorry, I was wrong. I said the wrong thing just now. I deserve to die."

"I'm really begging you, please don't divorce me, okay? I love you. I really, really love you."

I took out another divorce agreement and handed it to him: "You only love yourself."

"Sign it. Don't make me look down on you. If you're a smart person, you should give me some time now to let me calm down properly."

Hearing this, he immediately agreed: "Fine, fine. I'll give you time to calm down. I'll sign. As long as you come back, I'll definitely wait for you in place."

I smiled.

Waiting for me to quit my job and stay home to serve your paralyzed mother, right?

But to be able to divorce smoothly, I still nodded: "Fine."

Chapter 15

On the day I signed the divorce agreement, I moved out of the house.

Ten days later, the company officially notified me of my promotion.

And to make time pass faster, I volunteered to go abroad on business, visiting several clients.

This trip directly took twenty days.

During this time, he sent messages saying he missed me, and I only replied with one sentence: [On business trip, too busy, and there's a time difference, so we can't chat.]

After returning, I made an appointment with Ye Mingbo to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get our divorce certificate.

The property division was simple. Ye Mingbo had no money, and I didn't need the house that held only disgusting memories for me.

So we sold it directly, splitting the money equally.

I had already told my mother about my situation, and she supported me leaving this quagmire.

So I used household expenses as an excuse to deposit my salary into my mother's account. This way, even if he sued, he couldn't get a cent.

Only when I held the divorce certificate in my hand did I finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Ye Mingbo still eagerly asked me: "Siyao, do we still have a chance to go back?"

I slightly narrowed my eyes, looking at the blue sky and white clouds—that was the taste of freedom.

Soon I would leave this city and live my life.

But before that, not wanting to be disturbed by him, I said: "We'll see."

Probably because news of our divorce hadn't spread yet, a sister-in-law from my ex-husband's hometown suddenly messaged me to gossip.

[I heard from Li Tou's wife in the village that your mother-in-law was having an affair, and it was with her husband. Is it true?]

I replied: [She's my ex-mother-in-law now. And I don't know about their family matters. If you want to know, you can ask Ye Mingbo.]

Half a year later, I transferred to headquarters, sold my house, and left this city with my mother to start a new life.

On the day I left, I sent all the videos I had taken in the countryside of my ex-mother-in-law's affair with Old Li Tou and their conversations to Ye Mingbo.

With a attached message: [Ye Mingbo, you said you were reborn, but you hid things from me. You must know far more than what you told me. I gave you opportunities, but you pushed me away again and again. Ye Mingbo, we have no fate in this life.]

Ye Mingbo replied instantly: [What did you send?]

[Jiang Siyao, tell me the truth. Were you also reborn?]

I didn't reply to the message but took out the new phone card I had prepared and changed it for my mother and me.

After finishing, I put on an eye mask and waited for the plane to take off, taking us to live in a new city.

Later I heard that the family who bought our house discovered the surveillance cameras installed inside and also saw the video of my ex-mother-in-law teaching my sister-in-law how to kill Ye Mingbo and me.

Terrified, they immediately handed it over to the police station.

The police then reinvestigated the previous case, following the trail and arresting Old Li Tou as well.

As for my ex-mother-in-law, she could only lie in bed paralyzed after being discharged from the hospital. When Ye Mingbo went to work, no one took care of her, and when he returned home, his mother had already soiled the bedding.

But he had filial piety and couldn't bear to abandon the mother who gave birth to and raised him. He could only suppress his anger while dealing with it.

Unable to find me, he gradually gave up hope and entrusted others to introduce him to partners, but those introduced all refused when they heard he was supporting a paralyzed mother.

Five years later, I had my own home in the new city, living happily and contentedly.

But I saw the news that Ye Mingbo had pushed his mother from a building to her death and then jumped himself.

Everyone was lamenting how torturous it was for a poor man to care for a paralyzed mother for five years, but I felt no ripple in my heart.

After all, this life's path was also chosen by Ye Mingbo himself. It had nothing to do with me.

(The End)